Prelude
a b c d e f g
Contents
i ii iii iv
Dieu et mon droit
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Tat Tvam Asi
7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
2 Mechanics of Evolution
9 40 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 60 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 70 1 2
3 Environment
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 80 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 90 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 100 1 2
4 Physiology of the Individual
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 110 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 120 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 130 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 140
5 Fabric of Society
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 150 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 160 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 170 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 180 1 2 3 4 5 6
6 The Shrine of Content
7 8 9 190 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 200 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 210 1 2 3 4 5 6
7 In His Own Image
7 8 9 220 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 230 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 240 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
8 In Search of Enlightenment
9 250 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 260 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 270 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 280 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 290 1 2
9 Mutation
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 300 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 310 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 320 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 330 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 340
10 Power of Prayer
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 350 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 360 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 370 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 380
11 Revelation
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 390 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 400 1 2 3 4
Bibliograpy
5 6 7 8 9 410 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 420
Index
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The developmental stages identified by Piaget and Inhelder can be viewed as a series of provisioning operations for the human mind. While the physiological structure of the brain and its subsequent facilities for information acquisition, storage and retrieval are systematically defined by biological processes, the actual acquisition of information, the process of learning, is a dynamic process that must be engaged by every individual. Piaget suggested that these dynamic processes proceed according to what he called schemes in The Psychology of Intelligence. He suggested that the initial scheme that guided the development of the infant from birth was what he called reflexes. As the infant progresses in its development, the reflexive schemes are supplanted by schemes developed within the cognitive processes of the infant’s mind. We observe that, from at least a qualitative viewpoint, one can see an analog with the progression up the needs hierarchy reflected in the successive cognitively developed schemes that guide the child’s developmental stages identified by Piaget.

The provisioning process appears to follow a very systematic progression, a progression that is replicated among most individuals. It would seem to us that the manner of this provisioning, specifically its ordering, has impact on the trust that can be derived from its subsequent use. The same holds true for computer systems. In essence, for the individual person or computer to develop a solid basis for the determination of trust relative to interactions, then the mind in one case, and the software systems in the other, must be provisioned through a process that is itself trusted. Once again, it would seem that the needs hierarchy provides an excellent guide as to what this ordering should be, synchronized by ritual passages of life, formal releases and handovers.

Physiological processes are strongly related to structural facilities. In organic systems, biological mechanisms hold sway over the architecture of physiological processes. Safety and security, while involving higher cognitive and hence more variable processes, are grounded in that architecture as well. Belonging, however, introduces the concept of identity and identification; in computer systems, this relates to the causality involved in protocol design and in the procedures through which are determined the keys or other markers of individual identity. Subsequent to the development and deployment of software on a trusted platform such as the secure cores that we have considered from time to time, it is necessary to provide information related to the specific bearer of the secure core system. This act typically entails the gathering of information keyed to the identity of the token bearer. To assure the ultimate trustworthiness of the computer system it is mandatory that all this provisioning be accomplished in a trustworthy manner.

The higher level needs, while grounded in the causality of architectures and processes, are heavily based on acquired information content. In other words, the higher level needs stimulate both the acquisition of information and the use of that information to sate the needs-induced appetites. Thus, we see the progression starting with the provision of trusted platforms, followed by the

Provisioning of Software